When I was a kid working at Burger King, the minimum wage was $2.75 an hour. I didn't last long at that job. I got fired for calling in sick to go see the rock band Boston play at Madison Square

Olgy Gary's insight:

Excellent, EXCELLENT article! I loved how Ivo (the job seeker) answered Carol (a company recruiter) when Carol asked him how much he was earning at his current job! LOL. Loved the clear manner in which the article rightly describes plumbers and other tradespeople as being "way ahead of the suit-and-tie-crowd when it comes to saying what they think...they don't fawn and grovel the way job-seekers have been taught to do..."

President Obama gave a strikingly important speech on Sunday, one in which he seemed to apply the lessons of America's struggle with racism and discrimination toward US foreign policy. And the world barely noticed.

"The problem with shilling for for-profit education is that sooner or later, and the way things have been going it's usually "sooner," you're going to find yourself in bed with shady characters..."

Olgy Gary's insight:

Hunter writes that, "Well, sure. Because when your whole education pitch is that we need to encourage for-profit, under-scrutinized schools in order to something something something, of course you're going to ask that the government go easy on the maybe-crooked ones..."

Hunter writes that, "Well, sure. Because when your whole education pitch is that we need to encourage for-profit, under-scrutinized schools in order to something something something, of course you're going to ask that the government go easy on the maybe-crooked ones..."

I’ve never written a column like this. Readers rarely believe it, but I am not on any political team. Generosity toward the high and mighty isn’t among my few virtues. But this needs to be said: Americans are lucky to have Barack Obama as president and we should wake up and appreciate it while we can.

"WASHINGTON — When President Obama called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday to discuss the nuclear deal with Iran, the American president offered the Israeli leader, who had just deemed the agreement a “historic mistake,” a consolation prize: a fattening of the already generous military aid package the United States gives Israel..."

Here's the thing that all the "angry Black people know", and no "calmly debating White people" want to admit: The entire discussion of race in America centers around the protection of White feelings.

Olgy Gary's insight:

This is such an excellent read. So many sections are worth highlighting, thinking through, talking over. I highly recommend it. Only by understanding the actual situation in our country with regards to racism can we hope to address it and change the status quo.

“Now, when you die and get to the, get to the, uh, to the meeting with St. Peter, he’s probably not gonna ask you much about what you did about keeping government small, but he’s going to ask you what you did for the poor,” Kasich said. “Better have a good answer.”

We need a new declaration of independence. FDR took a stab at this, with his "Four Freedoms." That's a good start. But now, eight decades later, we need to declare our independence from other forms of oppression.

The White House on Wednesday lifted a 40-year camera and photo ban on public tours and TODAY was there to photograph the event.

Olgy Gary's insight:

Thank you, FLOTUS!!! I always felt it was wrong not to allow visitors to take photos of OUR house when we visited it. Mrs. Obama is AWESOME!!! LOVED watching her tear up a sign that represents the 40-year ban on taking photos at the White House that's now been lifted!

"Supreme Court conservatives attack RBG's opinion as "outrageously wrong...In a victory for opponents of partisan gerrymandering, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the use of an independent commission to draw Arizona's congressional districts. Writing for a narrow majority in the 5-4 ruling, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg touted the importance of direct democracy and making sure the power of the people is not hijacked by its elected representatives..."

this reflects a more hostile assessment from conservative speechwriter Peggy Noonan in her 2000 book The Case Against Hillary Clinton, “She lacks historical heft, is not a person of real size and authenticity.” Carl Bernstein, discussing his biography of Clinton, said it this way: “This is a woman who led a camouflaged life and continues to.”

Today’s announcement of the restoration of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana replaces over five decades of mutual hostility and aggressive name-calling with a new atmosphere of diplomatic civility. The re-opening of embassies in both capitals establishes platforms upon which to build more normal working relations. Now, the hard work begins, as the two nations gradually dismantle the comprehensive wall of restrictions separating them for two generations.

"President Obama delivered remarks in the Rose Garden after the Supreme Court upheld a critical part of the Affordable Care Act, ensuring millions of Americans could keep their quality, affordable health care coverage." June 25, 2015.

A transcript of his remarks about the shooting at Emanuel A.M.E. church.

Olgy Gary's insight:

"Now is the time for mourning and for healing. But let's be clear. At some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn't happen in other places with this kind of frequency."

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